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TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur continued. "400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’

27 Fevereiro 2023, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha


Checking the answers to the questions about the TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur: "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native Peoples" continued.

Pair/group work: answering reading comprehension questions about the newspaper article "400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Its Land Amid Another Epidemic" (to be continued next class).


Interview with S. Alexie continued. Watching a TED talk.

23 Fevereiro 2023, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha


Discussing the answers to the questions about Sherman Alexie's interview.

Watching the TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur: "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native People" and answering a set of questions about The TED talk (page 19).

HOMEWORK: Read the article on pp.14-17.


Interview with S. Alexie continued. Watching a TED talk.

22 Fevereiro 2023, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha


Discussing the answers to the questions about Sherman Alexie's interview.

Watching the TEDx Talk by Matika Wilbur: "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native People" and answering a set of questions about The TED talk (page 19).

HOMEWORK: Read the article on pp.14-17.


“'They don't belong': police called on ...". a letter to the Editor: giving an opinion.

16 Fevereiro 2023, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha


Reading and discussion of the article “'They don't belong': police called on Native American teens on college tour”.

Letters to the Editor: (a) structure of a letter to the editor; (b) reading two samples of letters to the editor.

HOMEWORK: Writing a letter to the editor  expressing your views on the newspaper article discussed in class: “'They don't belong': police called on Native American teens on college tour”. Detailed instructions were sent by email.

Self-study exercises on the position of adverbs and negative and interrogative sentences sent by email.

“'They don't belong': police called on ...". A letter to the Editor: giving an opinion.

15 Fevereiro 2023, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha


Reading and discussion of the article “'They don't belong': police called on Native American teens on college tour”.

Letters to the Editor: (a) structure of a letter to the editor; (b) reading two samples of letters to the editor.

HOMEWORK: Writing a letter to the editor  expressing your views on the newspaper article discussed in class: “'They don't belong': police called on Native American teens on college tour”. Detailed instructions were sent by email.

Self-study exercises on the position of adverbs and negative and interrogative sentences sent by email.